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Check_MK is an extension to the Nagios monitoring system that enables a Python interface and allows better scalability.

Check_MK is an extension to the Nagios monitoring system that allows creating rule-based configuration using Python and offloading work from the Nagios core to make it scale better, allowing more systems to be monitored from a single Nagios server.

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How can I get custom logfile checks working with Windows check_mk_agent?

Simple example: I have a logfile in C:\users\user\test.log, containing a line of text: crit I have check_mk_agent.exe installed in Program Files (x86)\check_mk, with check_mk.ini installed in the same folder, containing this text: [logfiles] #…
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Is possible monitor the VPN's bandwidth with Check_MK? How?

I would like monitor the bandwidth in the VPN of Juniper SSG5 with Check_MK. Is possible? How? For the moment I am monitoring the status with the check automatic (check_mk-juniper_screenos_vpn). However I want monitor the bandwidth. I hope that…
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Obtaining pfSense graphs on another server

I'm trying to be able to get the traffic and system graphs from a pfSense router, which is only available on a specific management IP, onto my monitoring server in some way. So far I've thought of: Try to export the graphs: won't look as nice,…
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check_mk: global name 'entry' is not defined

I'm having a ton of trouble with a nagios installation I've been working on powered by check_mk and OMD. When using the web gui to manage check_mk, the notifications page displays the following Python error: Traceback (most recent call last): File…
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Icinga 2 vs Nagios 4 vs Shinken 2 : is there Performance Benchmarking comparison available?

I am not able to find out any link that displays the benchmarking report for the cores. We have to monitor 50,000 hosts and 30 services per host per minute host check : icmp per 5 minute service checks : telnet and snmp We have been using Nagios 3…
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How to exempt weekends from freshness checks in Nagios

Thank you, serverfault, for giving me the answer to how-does-an-administrator-generalize-alerting-when-an-event-doesnt-happen. Now, I only want to check the freshness of these passive services Monday through Friday. There are some subtleties:…
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Updated OMD and Check_MK Agent returns Null

I updated OMD to the current version using the following: omd update Everything appears to update fine, but now my servers with the check_mk agent installed show (null) and I do not have current data. Here is a weird bit: it will inventory…
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Where does check_mk store configuration files?

I'm a little new to the check_mk/nagios/monitoring world. I'm experimenting with omd 1.0 as an easy way to get it all set up and working on an Ubuntu host. So far, things are great! With all the work I'm putting in to the system though, I thought a…
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check_mk error in check_mk.py file

Could someone please tell me why I am getting following error? OMD[site-name]:~/etc/nagios/conf.d$ check_mk -O Traceback (most recent call last): File "/omd/sites/site-name/share/check_mk/modules/check_mk.py", line 4560, in …
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check_mk IPMI PCM sensor reading randomly fails

I use check_mk_agent for monitoring a server with IPMI and the freeipmi-tools installed. As far as I can see, the monitoring randomly detects no value returned by the IPMI Sensor "Temperature_PCH_Temp". That's a problem since it results in a…
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mk-livestatus No UNIX Socket Existing

I'm currently in the process of setting up NagVis, and one of the prerequisites is that mk-livestatus be up and running on your Nagios server. This is proving difficult. The website for check_mk only has instructions on how to install all of…
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Check_MK: How to add service to Servicegroup?

I'm new at monitoring, and would to know is it possible to add a Services to a Servicegroup. What I will do: I have Servers how i monitor and created a Servicegroup, and now I will add queries like storage alert add to all Servers in this…
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Check_MK AWS monitoring - RDS checks not working

I have configured AWS monitoring with Check_MK version 1.5.0p13 (following the documentation at the official Check_MK site). Everything works, except RDS checks, when I go to discover services, I get: Service discovery failed for this host:…
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Check_mk cannot login - invalid credentials

I've installed omd 2.90-labs-edition. After creating new site I want to login to check_mk (1.2.8.p20) web interface, but the given credentials do not work, I've got "Invalid credentials". This credentials only work for thruk web interface. Here's…
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Reverse proxy with URL rewrite issues for check_mk and nginx

I'm trying to run check_mk in docker behind a proxy, but I'm having problems with not being able to set the check_mk base_url. So check_mk is running on http://somehost:6000/sitename/check_mk/ and I need to access it from…
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